Woven fabric.



W. G. STEWART.

WOVEN FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1914.

1 1% 550 Patented June 1, 1915.

William G .fi'tfewarQ novel woven WILLIAM G. STEWART, OF CHESTER,.PENNSYLVANIA.

woven FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11,1915.

Application filed November 16, 1914. Serial No. 872,312.

To all whom it mayconcem Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. STEWART, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chester, in the county ofDelaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Woven Fabrics, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in woven fabrics and particularlyto that gen- 'eral, class of narrow woven fabrics commonly called tapeand braid, used for various purposes.

The object of my invention is to provide a fabric which may be producedmore rapidly than heretofore andwhich will possess many novel andadvantageous characteristics, including the interweaving of the threadsin such manner, first, that the threads connecting the weft threads atone edge of the fabric shall be more numerous than the threadsconnecting the weft threads at the other edge of the fabric, secondly,that the weft threads shall be arranged in pairs and connected at eachedge of the fabric, thirdly, that the weft threads of the differentsheds shall lie parallel to each other, and fourthly, that the weftthreads shall be connected at one edge of the fabric by a chain ofknitted stitches.

With this object in view my invented fabric consists of the threadsinterwoven, arranged and connected in the novel manner hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating mv invention: Figure 1 is aplan view of my improved fabric. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the fabric,showing the chain of knitted stitches. Fig; 3 is a longitudinal sectionthrough the fabric, on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring .to the drawings, 2 designates the warp threads and i the weftthreads of 'terwoven with The weft threads t are in the warp threads 2,the weft threads 4. being arranged in pairs and the successive pairs ofweft threads being inmy new fabric.

- closed in the successive sheds of the warp threads, as shown.

The pairs of weft threads 4 are connected at each edge of the fabricacross the spaces between the adjacent pairs thereof; and, as

herein illustrated, at one edge of the'fabric,

the pairs of weft threads 4 are connected by single threads and, at theother edge of the fabric,the pairs of weft threads 4 are connected bydouble threads; that is to say, at

one edge of the fabric, each weft thread f of a pair is connected to oneweft thread of the next adjacent pair by a thread 5, as

shown; and, at the other edge of the fabric, each pair of weft threads 4is connected to thenext adjacent pair of weft threads by a doublethread, forming a loop 6, the successive loops 6 forming a chain oflmitted. stitches, as shown. The two sides of each loop 6 formcontinuations of the two weft threads 40f a pair, and each loop 6surrounds or incloses a pair of weft threads 4 and connects the pairwhich it incloses with the pair of which it forms a continuation.

The weft threads 4, connecting threads 5 and connecting loops 6 are allformed of one continuous thread, as clearly shown in the drawings.

By connecting the pairs of weft threads f across the spaces between themat each edge of the fabric 1 provide a very strong and durable tape orbraid; and the provision of the loops 6 or double threads at one edge ofthe fabric has the advantages of being not, only ornamental but alsoexceedingly strong and durable.

I claim: l. A. fabric comprising interwoven warp and weft threads, theweft threads havingportions forming a chain of knitted stitchesconnecting the weft threads of the diderent sheds.

2. A fabric comprising interwoven warp and weft threads, the weftthreads being:

formed of one continuous thread extending from shed Ito shed and havingportions edge of the fabric by double threads each of which connects thetwo threads of one pair with the two threads of the next adjacent pair.

4:. A fabric comprising interwoven warp and weft threads, the weftthreads being arranged in pairs in difierent sheds, one

pair in a shed, and each pair forming part 116 of a loop which inclosesthe next adjacent pair.

a 5. A fabric comprising interwoven warp and weft threads, the weftthreads being arranged in pairs indifferent sheds, one pair thread ofthe next adjacent pan, and each of said pairs forming part of a loopwhich inedge of the fabric.

closes the next adjacent pair at the other 7 a 10 In testimon whereof Iaflix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. STEWART. Witnesses:

A. V. GROUPE S. I. HARPER.

